Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
So the mean man boweth down And the great man stoopeth low, - Therefore do not thou forgive them!
New American Standard Bible
And the man of importance has been abased,
But
King James Version
And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
Holman Bible
and man is humbled.
Do not forgive them!
International Standard Version
"So mankind is humbled, each human being is brought low, and you won't forgive."
A Conservative Version
and [so] the common man bows down, and the great man degrades himself. Therefore do not forgive them.
American Standard Version
And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is brought low: therefore forgive them not.
Amplified
So the common man has been humbled [before idols]
And the man of importance has been degraded,
Therefore do not forgive them [O Lord].
Bible in Basic English
And the poor man's head is bent, and the great man goes down on his face: for this cause there will be no forgiveness for their sin.
Darby Translation
And the mean man shall be bowed down, and the great man shall be brought low: and do not thou forgive them!
Julia Smith Translation
And man will bow down, and a man will humble himself, and thou shalt not lift up to them.
King James 2000
And man bows down, and the great man humbles himself: therefore forgive them not.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So humanity is humbled; everyone is humbled, and you must not forgive them.
Modern King James verseion
And the man bowed down, and man was humbled, but You do not lift them up.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
There kneeleth the man, there falleth the man down before them; but thou, O LORD, wilt not leave them unpunished.
NET Bible
Men bow down to them in homage, they lie flat on the ground in worship. Don't spare them!
New Heart English Bible
Man is brought low, and mankind is humbled; therefore do not forgive them.
Webster
And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
World English Bible
Man is brought low, and mankind is humbled; therefore don't forgive them.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the low boweth down, and the high is humbled, And Thou acceptest them not.
Interlinear
Shachach
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 2:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Sins
8 And filled is their land with idols, - To the work of their own hands, do they bow themselves down, To that which they made with their own fingers. 9 So the mean man boweth down And the great man stoopeth low, - Therefore do not thou forgive them! 10 Enter into the rock, Or hide thee in the dust, - Because of the terribleness of Yahweh, And for his majestic splendour.
Cross References
Isaiah 5:15
And the mean man hath been bowed down And the mighty man hath been humbled, - Yea the looks of the haughty shall be humbled.
Psalm 49:2
Both sons of the low, And sons of the high, - Together both rich and needy: -
Joshua 24:19
Then said Joshua unto the people - Ye cannot serve Yahweh, for, a holy God, he is, a jealous GOD, he is, he will not forgive your transgression, nor your sins.
Nehemiah 4:5
and do not cover their iniquity, and, their sin before thee, let it not be blotted out, - for they have caused vexation before them who are building.
Psalm 62:9
Surely, vanity, are men of low degree, Deception, men of high degree, - In the balances, they go up, They, are made of vanity, altogether.
Isaiah 27:11
When the cut-off boughs thereof are dry, they shall be broken to pieces, Women, coming, are kindling it! For it is not a people of understanding, For this cause, Will he that made him, not have compassion upon him, And, he that formed him, will shew him no favour.
Isaiah 57:9
And hast gone to the king with oil, And hast multiplied thy perfumes, - And hast sent thy messengers afar, And -- lowered thyself as far as hades!
Jeremiah 5:4-5
And, I, said, - Only, poor people, are they, - They act foolishly, For they know not the way of Yahweh, the justice of their God!
Jeremiah 18:23
But, thou, O Yahweh, knowest all their counsels against me to pat me to death, Put thou no propitiatory-covering over their iniquity, And their sin from before thee, do not thou blot out, - But let them be overthrown before thee, In the time of thine anger, deal thou effectively with them.
Mark 3:29
But, whosoever shall revile against the Holy Spirit, hath no forgiveness, unto times age-abiding, - but is guilty of an age-abiding sin:
Romans 3:23
For, all, have sinned and fall short of the glory of God;
Colossians 2:18
Let, no one, against you, be arbitrating, however wishful, - in respect of lowliness of mind, and of a religious observance of the messengers: upon what things he hath seen, taking his stand, in vain, puffed up by his carnal mind, -
Colossians 2:23
The which things, indeed, though they have, an appearance, of wisdom, in self-devised religious observance, and lowliness of mind, and ill-treatment of body, are, in no honourable way, unto a satisfying of the flesh.
Revelation 6:15-17
And, the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rulers of thousands, and the rich, and the mighty, and every bondman and freeman, hid themselves within the caves and within the rocks of the mountains;